Job 11:2

Footnotes

1. 1 The , Job, Symmachus, and all assume that the vocalization of רֹב (rov, “abundance”) should be רַב (rav, “great”): “great of words.” This would then mean “one who is abundant of words,” meaning, “a man of many words,” and make a closer parallel to the second half. But the makes good sense as it stands. There is no article or demonstrative with the word; it has been added here simply to make a smoother connection between the chapters.
2. 2 The Niphal verb יֵעָנֶה (ye’aneh, “he answered”) would normally require a personal subject, but “abundance” functions as the subject in this sentence. The nuance of the imperfect is obligatory.
3. 3 The word is supplied here also for clarification.
4. 4 The bound construction “man of lips” means “a boaster” or “proud talker” (attributive genitive; and see §128.t). Zophar is saying that Job pours out this stream of words, but he is still not right.
5. 5 The word is literally “be right, righteous.” The idea of being right has appeared before for this word (cf. 9:15). The point here is that just because Job talks a lot does not mean he is right or will be shown to be right through it all.